PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 18, CMC – Work at the Port of Port of Spain has been severely affected on Monday as workers protested the decision of the Trinidad and Tobago government not to honour a 12 per cent wage increase dating back to 2014.
The workers assembled outside the office of the Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan, who told Parliament last Friday that based on legal advice from two senior counsels, the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) and the Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union (SWWTU) had been advised that the memorandum of agreement (MOA) under which the 12 per cent wage agreement had been reached is not enforceable.
SWWTU President General, Michael Annisette, confirmed “there are several areas that are not functional. He said also that the PATT had called a meeting with the workers starting from seven o’ clock this morning.
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